Just one Tear of the Desert

Much clamour about why it s wrong to charge Brashir.

Just a piece of why it is right.
From Times Online:

Darfur doctor: ‘I was raped and taunted as a black dog’

One day the Janjawid attacked. They surrounded the girls’ school, and, while government troops stood guard, they gang-raped the girls. I had to treat the victims, the youngest of whom was 8 years old. I was sickened and horrified beyond words.

Aid workers arrived and asked me to tell them what had happened: despite my fears, I did so. Days later the military and security men came for me again. This time I was beaten, tortured and taunted by gibes of “black dog” and “slave”. I was gang-raped repeatedl


Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

Read a piece of Halima Bashir’s story in the article linked above. Her story is told in Tears of the Desert, written with Damien Lewis. Available for pre-order, shipped on September 9th.

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